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Downsizing or Blame Women For All Your Shortcomings

It's been a day and a half since I saw Downsizing and I’m still not sure what I think about it. The problem was mostly a tonal one, which was partly the fault of the trailer for advertising it as a whimsical comedy, when I’m not sure if Downsizing wants me to be moved by the good that people are capable of or gloomily contemplate the downfall of humanity, or just laugh at a few dick and butt jokes. The messages from the women in this film are just as mixed.

*Downsizing spoilers follow*

Most of the women in Downsizing fall into the reductive and derogatory category of “look at all these women who let Paul (Matt Damon) down even though he’s such a nice guy.” The first woman to be guilty of such a crime is Paul’s unnamed mother (Jayne Houdyshell) who does nothing but complain, and Paul later goes on to imply that the reason he never rose to meteoric heights as a surgeon is that he had to put his own life on hold to care for her in her illness. She promptly dies off screen and is replaced by Paul’s wife, Audrey (Kristen Wiig), who is in the same room of the same house still bemoaning her own pain, whilst Paul does what he can to care for her. Audrey also disappoints Paul by failing to downsize with him, therefore robbing him of his life of luxury, forcing him to live in a humble apartment rather than a mansion and hold down a job in a call centre. She is shown to be greedy and materialistic - she’s the one who wants the big house, Paul just wants to make her happy, and she appears to force a better deal out of the divorce settlement. Furthermore, her decision making is irrational, vain and selfish; it’s having her head shaved that triggers her decision not to downsize and she’s constantly wailing about how everything affects her, showing little consideration for how Paul feels. Therefore, both Paul’s wife and mother seem to merge into one female proxy that symbolises how women keep taking the things he deserves away from him - his career, dream house and life of leisure are all kept from him by these women.

Once he is small, women continue to let Paul down. He attempts to start dating again, and meets single Kristen (Kerri Kenney), a single mother also coping with some of the unforeseen problems of downsizing - such as her son being afraid of his enormous grandparents. Paul willingly subverts her saying that it’s too soon for him to meet her son into Kristen dumping him and storms off, leaving her calling after him in the corridor; in his mind, once again abandoned by a woman. Even when he tries to blow off some steam at a party, Paul is ���deceived” by an anonymous woman who offers him drugs, which Paul appears to believe is some sort of unspoken contract for a sexual encounter, but once he has taken the pill she returns to the party, leaving Paul alone and hard done by again.

The only female character with any substance is Ngoc Lan Tran (Hong Chan), a Vietnamese activist who was downsized against her will in a prison which killed her sister before becoming the only survivor of a perilous crossing to America in a television box which cost her one of her legs. Her backstory alone immediately makes her a much more interesting character than Paul, whose only real problem is that he is divorced and not quite as rich as he would like to be. Additionally, she has a personality, which is more than can be said for Paul. Instead of a meek and mild mannered martyr, she is fiery, direct, honest and pragmatic, showing her care for others through useful actions. She is at the utter bottom of the socio-economic chain of the supposedly idyllic Leisureland community, but she never laments her situation, she just does what she can to make it better for those around her, caring for the sick and collecting food for the rest of her community.

Paul is also shown to be a good person, he constantly tends to the injuries of those around him, but these gestures almost seem superimposed onto the film, a big, flashy sign that says, “look at poor Paul, he’s such a nice guy.” If these instances were removed from Downsizing, he’s just a man constantly believing that he’s been short-changed by life, chasing the idea that he deserves better and is meant to be part of something bigger. He also seems to feel the need to bring women with him on these ventures, first (unsuccessfully) talking Audrey into downsizing with him, then attempting to bring Ngoc Lan into a doomsday cult vault with him where they would spend the rest of their lives. Their two responses to this situation sum up the differences in their characters perfectly - Paul wants to go because he believes he is intrinsically important and destined to become a part of something monumental, whereas Ngoc Lan chooses to stay because she knows for a fact that she can still do good to actually help people out in the real world.

The romance between these two characters is completely inexplicable; it comes out of nowhere, neither of them seem to have actually had feelings for each other up to that point, and appears to only serve to give Paul a reason to come out of the vault and back to reality at the end. Friendship and the value of the common sense in Ngoc Lan’s advice to stay and deliver pragmatic aid to people in need could have been enough, but apparently sex had to be the main motivator.

There are a few other named female characters, and women are very present in the background as nurses, administrators, real estate agents and sales representatives. One of the latter is Laura Lonowski (Laura Dern) who we briefly meet in a bath trying to convince people to downsize because they can have lots of diamonds, just like her. Anne-Helene Asbjørnsen (Ingjerd Egeberg) makes several short appearances as the wife of Dr. Jørgen Asbjørnsen (Rolf Lassgård), the scientist who made downsizing possible. In some respects she is a pioneer, as one of the first people ever to downsize, but she is mostly portrayed as a devoted wife, supporting Jørgen in all of his decisions and endeavours, even if they involve starting a doomsday cult. Finally, there is Solveig Edvardsen (Margareta Peterson), a fellow believer in the apocalypse, who seems to exist to emphasise the fanaticism of the Norwegian colony, with her eccentric behaviour and appearance, as well as making Paul (and presumably, the intended audience) uncomfortable with the sexuality of a comfortable older woman, as her talking about mountain Paul as a pony in her dream is one of the moments that Downsizing seems to be reminding us that it’s maybe a comedy.

Overall, the women in Downsizing are mostly used as the root cause of all the shortcomings in the life of one fairly uncharismatic and uninteresting man. Thankfully, Ngoc Lan rises above this as a human being with an actual personality and sense of purpose. She overcomes so much adversity and remains positive without becoming a sappy stereotype of a do-gooder. It’s just a shame to see such a unique female character suffer a fate as old as cinema itself, falling into an unfathomable romance with the main white man, when friendship could have been just as poignant.

And now for some asides:

I really enjoyed how many satisfying levers, dials and switches there were in this film, the fidgeter in me wanted to play with them all.

Umm, excuse me, why was there such an extended colonic irrigation scene? Can we please never do that again?

I think if I was supposed to be sickened by anything in this film it was humanity (maybe?) but really it was the proliferation of McMansions. My eyes!                                            

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Downsizing (2017)

When scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to over-population, Paul (Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in order to get small and move to a new downsized community -- a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.

Directed by:   Alexander Payne

Starring:   Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis, Hong Chau, Laura Dern, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Neil Patrick Harris, Joaquim de Almeida, Margo Martindale, Niecy Nash, Kerri Kenney, Udo Kier

Release date:   December 22, 2017

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Us, December 10

Cover: Jennifer Aniston -- Therapy Changed My Life 

Page 2: Red Carpet -- Pink Power Suits -- Naomi Watts, Ciara, Sandra Bullock, Chloe Bridges, Gabrielle Union, Bebe Rexha, Cate Blanchett, Regina King, Debby Ryan, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Page 4: Who Wore It Best? Ashlee Simpson vs. Judith Light, Kylie Jenner vs. Katy Perry, Candice Swanepoel vs. Chrissy Teigen 

Page 6: Emily Ratajkowski vs. Bella Hadid, Madeline Brewer vs. Liya Kebede, Lea Seydoux vs. Riley Keough 

Page 10: Loose Talk -- Shania Twain, Chrissy Teigen, Mahershala Ali, Mariah Carey, Chris Rock 

Page 13: Contents 

Page 14: Hot Pics -- Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade -- Diana Ross, John Legend 

Page 15: Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross and daughter Jagger and Bronx Wentz, Ashley Tisdale, Rita Ora 

Page 16: Millie Bobby Brown, Cardi B and Offset, Alec Baldwin 

Page 17: Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Michael Urie 

Page 18: Jason Momoa and Dolph Lundgren and Amber Heard, Will Smith and Lewis Hamilton, T.I. with daughter Heiress

Page 19: Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, Kelly Clarkson 

Page 20: Brad Pitt, Kaley Cuoco and Karl Cook, Nick Jonas

Page 21: Stars Give Back -- Kandi Burruss, Pharrell Williams, Emma Kenney, Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna 

Page 22: Neil Patrick Harris and husband and kids, Mario Lopez and kids, Bobby Bones and Sharna Burgess won DWTS 

Page 23: Red Benefit show with Jimmy Kimmel, Brad Paisley, Bono, Kristen Bell, Zoe Saldana, Chris Rock, Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis 

Page 24: Ryan Gosling wears similar suits again and again 

Page 26: Breakin’ a Sweat -- Jordin Sparks, Naomi Watts, Casper Smart, Ryan Phillippe

Page 27: Justin Theroux, Gavin Rossdale, Britney Spears, Gary Dourdan 

Page 28: Back Together -- Ellie Kemper and Jenna Fischer and Ed Helms and Steve Carell, Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard, the cast of Scrubs 

Page 29: Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, Jon Heder and Tina Majorino and Efren Ramirez, Melissa Joan Hart and Caroline Rhea 

Page 32: Stars They’re Just Like Us -- Ali Larter, Eddie Redmayne, Dakota Johnson 

Page 33: Jenna Dewan, Gwen Stefani, Sasha Farber, Krysten Ritter 

Page 34: Bodyguard Babes -- Lady Gaga, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kaia Gerber, Kim Kardashian, Amber Rose 

Page 35: Cardi B, Bella Hadid 

Page 36: Busy Philipps on motherhood 

Page 37: Viola Davis’ life lesson, Julie Bowen on coparenting 

Page 38: Love Lives -- Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams 

Page 39: Michelle Williams and Chad Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Camila Morrone, Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen 

Page 40: Mandy Moore’s wedding 

Page 42: Paris Hilton and Chris Zylka split, Jonathan Scott’s ex Jacinta Kuznetsov already engaged to another man, Stars that are Crazy for Crystals -- Chloe Grace Moretz, Madelaine Petsch, Nicole Richie, Minnie Driver 

Page 43: Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin major milestones, VIP Scene -- Teddy Geiger and Emily Hampshire, Rebel Wilson, Rose McGowan, Anne Hathaway, Christina Milian, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, Ice-T, Bella Hadid 

Page 44: What’s in My Bag? Elsa Hosk 

Page 45: Monica Lewinsky -- My Side of the Story 

Page 46: Jennifer Aniston heartbreak and healing 

Page 50: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal retreat 

Page 52: Chip and Joanna Gaines -- family, farm life and holiday magic 

Page 56: Holiday Entertaining Guide -- Vanessa Lachey and kids 

Page 58: Olivia Culpo 

Page 59: Jessie James Decker 

Page 62: Style -- Velvet -- Thandie Newton, Blake Lively, Hailey Baldwin, Zazie Beetz, Shay Mitchell, Dakota Johnson, Kate Bosworth, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Page 63: Olivia Munn, Chrissy Teigen, Amber Heard, Nina Dobrev, Regina Hall, Jennifer Nettles 

Page 64: Beauty -- Kourtney Kardashian, Natalie Portman, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kylie Jenner 

Page 66: Tyra Banks in Life-Size 2 

Page 67: The midseason finales of Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. 

Page 68: Megan Fox in Legends of the Lost, the stars of Vanderpump Rules 

Page 69: Buzzzz-o-Meter -- Kourtney Kardashian, Camila Mendes, Lady Gaga, Emmy Rossum, Kesha 

Page 70: Fashion Police -- Taylor Schilling, Sara Rue, Coco Rocha, Kat Graham, Ana De La Reguera, Kesha 

Page 72: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me -- Kelly Rowland

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Carley Shimkus Wiki, Biography, Age, Profession, Boyfriend, Networth & Facts

Carley Shimkus Wiki:- In this article, we bring all the information about Carley Shimkus, a professional American journalist. She was born in New York City, the U.S. Carley details just like her career & early life and Carley Shimkus Wiki, Carley Shimkus Biography, Carley Age, Carley Profession, and more things that you want to know about her. 

Carley Shimkus Wiki

Carley Shimkus was born on 7th November 1986 in New York City, U.S. By profession, she is an American journalist, Television Presenter, Author, Entrepreneur. She serves as a co-host at Fox & Friends First. She joined Fox News in 2009 and she was also an Associate Producer for them in December 2012. She is also known as a writer of several TV shows. She completes her high schooling at primary school in the United States.

Carley Shimkus Career & Early Life

Carley Shimkus was born in New York City, U.S.

She is an American journalist, Television Presenter, Author, Entrepreneur. 

She serves as a co-host at Fox & Friends First.

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She was previously the producer of Don Imus' radio show.

She did a series of videos called "My Big Fat Digital Wedding" with advice for brides.

Carley Shimkus Biography

Carley Shimkus is an American-born journalist, Television Presenter, Author, Entrepreneur. She joined Fox News in 2009 and she was also an Associate Producer for them in December 2012. She serves as a co-host at Fox & Friends First. She completes the college George Washington University. There is no information available about her family. She is married her husband name is Peter Buchignani. She did a series of videos called "My Big Fat Digital Wedding" with advice for brides.

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As you know that Carley is one of the most popular American media personalities and her net worth income is $1 to 5 million approx. 

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She has white ethnicity.

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Peter Buchignani

Carley Shimkus Wiki, Age, Profession, Career, Family, Height

Full Name

Carley Shimkus

Nick Name 

Carley

Profession 

Journalist

Husband name

Peter Buchignani

Physical Status 

Age

34 Years 

Height (Approx)

5'6"

Weight (Approx)

65 kg

Eye Colour

Grey

Hair Colour

Blonde

Personal Information

Date of Birth 

7 November 1986

Birth Place

New York City

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Christian

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American

School Name

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George Washington University

Qualifications

Graduated

Family Profile

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Television Presenter

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Ans. She has a 5.6 Feet height approx.

Ans. She is 5.6 feet tall.

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Ans. There is no information available about her religion.

Ans. She has white ethnicity.

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Agnez Mo, Pencitraan Yang Terluka

Sebenarnya sih kalau melihat tayangan utuh Video wawancara Kevan Kenney dengan Agnes Mo, nggak ada yang salah dengan pernyataan Agnez Mo. Bagian wawancara yang jadi viral ketika Agnes Mo ditanya soal nasab, “Sebenarnya, saya tidak punya darah Indonesia sama sekali. Saya sebenarnya keturunan Jerman, Jepang, Cina, saya hanya lahir di Indonesia. Dan saya juga seorang Kristen yang mana di Indonesia mayoritasnya adalah Muslim," kata Agnez. Masa sih demi nasioanalisme Agnes harus berbohong soal nasab. Pada bagian lain kan dia bilang, “Aku memang selalu merasa berbeda, tapi bukan berarti aku merasa tak menjadi bagian dari Indonesia karena orang-orang selalu menerimaku apa adanya. “ Tapi kecaman dari dua kubu yang selama ini berseberangan yang dialamatkan ke arah Agnez sudah terlanjur ramai. Bahkan BuzzeRp Abu Janda ikutan mengecam Agnez. Kalau buzeRp sudah ikutan mengecam, tentu saja bikin kakak Pembina jadi galau. Cuma yang jadi pertanyaan, kenapa sampai istana yang diwakili oleh Kepala Staf Kepresidenan Moeldoko membela Agnez ? Bahkan Kementerian pertahanan ikutan terjun ke arena polemik ini? Moeldoko setelah minta warga medsos jangan menggoreng ucapan Agnez, dia berencana mengundang kembali Agnez. Namun, dia tak merinci kapan waktunya.Dan Tirto.id mengabarkan, Kementerian Pertahanan (Kemenhan) akan mengumpulkan seluruh artis dan buzzer se-Indonesia untuk menumbuhkan semangat keindonesiaan. Hal itu diungkapkan staf khusus Menteri Pertahanan bagian Komunikasi dan Antar Lembaga Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak. "Terlepas dari ucapan Agnez, yang saya yakin dia punya semangat nasionalisme dan bela negara, mungkin sebagian dari kita saja menerjemahkannya berbeda-beda sehingga memunculkan pro dan kontra," ujar Dahnil dalam keterangan tertulis kepada wartawan, Selasa (26/11/2019) Seberapa jauhkah ucapan Agnez bisa mengancam pertahanan sampai Kemenhan turun tangan? Kalau soal pembinaan rasa kebangsaan, kenapa bukan BPIP yang turun gunung? Buat apa gaji gede kalau untuk menangani soal “sepele” ini sampai Kemenhan turun tangan langsung? Mundur dulu ke belakang. Tiga bulan jelang pilpres, Jokowi mengundang Agnez ke istana. Disebut-sebut, Agnez penyanyi yang go internasional itu secara tidak resmi dipercaya sebagai duta Indonesia di luar negeri. Isunya begitu. Padahal kalau lihat waktunya, dan apa yang dilakukan di istana tidak lebih dari upaya Jokowi menaikan ratingnya. Pengikut akun Instagram Agnez Mo lebih dari 19 juta dan di Twitter ia punya lebih dari 17 juta pengikut. Tentu saja ini ladang yang subur untuk menanam bibit calon pemilih Jokowi pada pilpres 17 April 2019. Agnez datang ke istana pada tanggal 11 Januari 2019. Cara berladang di medsos tentu saja dengan bervlog ria. Itulah yang dilakukan Agnes di istana. Mungkin ada yang bertanya, diundang ke istana cuma ngevlog? Itu cara pencitraan yang murah meriah, Bro. Setelah pilpres selesai, Agnez masih punya tugas untuk menambal pencitraan pemerintah yang sudah mulai agak goyah. Usai pertemuan itu, Moeldoko mengaku bersama Jokowi berencana bersama Agnez akan membuat kegiatan yang berkaitan dengan anak muda. Namun, soal waktu dan bentuk kegiatan masih dirahasiakan. Penguasa memang lagi getol-getolnya merebut hati milenial, segmen terbesar penghuni dunia medsos. Bahkan untuk memperkenalkan staffkhusus Presiden yang semuanya melinal saja Jokowi harus turun tangan langsung. Begitu juga merebut para milenial di bidang seni. Perhatikan saja. Para seniman yang diundang ke istana adalah para seniman pendukung Jokowi. Salah satunya Agnez Mo. Pencitraan itu penting untuk menambal kerja kerja kerja yang sebagian belum nampak hasilnya. Apalagi sekarang pemerintah lagi getol memerangi radikal radikul yang semakin nggak jelas jenis kelaminnya. Cuma salah satu cluenya, radikal itu anti nasionalisme. Dan dia harus muslim. Misalnya jika ada muslim yang bicara soal nasab, tidak punya darah Indonesia, tapi darah Yaman campur Mesir, cuma lahir saja di Indonesia, maka tidak ada ampun. Keluar dari Indonesia! Maka jika ada artis yang jadi duta nasionalisme versi istana dipertanyakan kenasionalismeannya bahkan dikecam oleh buzzer pendukung penguasa, maka harus dibela sebela-belanya. Hal itu tentu saja bikin pencitraan terluka. Kalau tidak dibela, bukan mustahil akan terkoyak, bisa cilaka tiga belas. Cuma yang masih tetap mengganjal, kenapa Kemenhan harus turun tangan langsung? Mungkin karena Menhannya Prabowo. Dan para pendukung Prabowo jangan anteng-anteng saja. Harus ambil bagian mengerek pencitraan pemerintah. Enak saja. Bossnya sudah dikasih jabatan penting, masih enak-enakan jadi penonton. Begitu kali ye? Tau ah, gelap. 27 Nopember 2019 -Balya Nur Read the full article

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Your Tuesday Morning Roundup

The Eagles were supposed to celebrate their Super Bowl championship with the President in Washington, D.C. this afternoon.

Now they’re not. In fact, they’re not invited at all. But the fans somehow still are, which I don’t get. Less than 10 players were reportedly going to visit the White House. The President will still have a celebration at 3 PM, except it’ll celebrate the National Anthem.

There’s been plenty of reaction to the decision, beginning with former Eagle Torrey Smith:

So many lies smh Here are some facts 1. Not many people were going to go 2. No one refused to go simply because Trump “insists” folks stand for the anthem 3. The President continues to spread the false narrative that players are anti military pic.twitter.com/89GUNhJ4eE

— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) June 4, 2018

There are a lot of people on the team that have plenty of different views. The men and women that wanted to go should’ve been able to go. It’s a cowardly act to cancel the celebration because the majority of the people don’t want to see you. To make it about the anthem is foolish

— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) June 4, 2018

Philadelphia Eagles wise receiver Torrey Smith said in February that most of his teammates wouldn’t go to the White House. Here was his reason. Sounds about right. pic.twitter.com/12vyVBn1LB

— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) June 5, 2018

Make sure you know the words, stand tall, and aren’t twiddling your fingers around like a kid that can’t wait for it to end. https://t.co/44KLnTkP1B

— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) June 5, 2018

A big counterargument that occurred on Twitter was people posting pictures of Ron Brooks taking a knee. He did that during the preseason, not during the regular season or the playoffs.

If you are going to tweet…tweet facts…no one on the Eagles took a knee last season………. https://t.co/7aiTuvVKe8

— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) June 5, 2018

Mayor Jim Kenney released a straightforward statement condemning the decision:

Philly mayor Jim Kenney's statement is pointed.

After President Trump disinvited the #Eagles to the White House, Kenney calls him "a fragile egomaniac obsessed with crowd size and afraid of the embarrassment of throwing a party to which no one wants to attend." pic.twitter.com/90pHhIR4SU

— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroNBCS) June 5, 2018

Reggie Bush and Josh Norman also chimed in:

Let me get this straight so YALL President saw that a few players from the Eagles wasn’t showing up tomorrow so he got sensitive and and cancelled the whole trip?

Man get this bum out of here! Correct me if I’m wrong didn’t Eagles players stand for the anthem all year?

— Reggie Bush (@ReggieBush) June 5, 2018

Why is this impeachment taking so Damn Long

— *Joshua R. Norman (@J_No24) June 5, 2018

The Eagles released their statement late last night, and it was perfect:

pic.twitter.com/2HUoFhVc33

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) June 5, 2018

Just this morning, Zach Ertz criticized a Fox News story which featured Eagles players taking a knee while PRAYING:

This can’t be serious…. Praying before games with my teammates, well before the anthem, is being used for your propaganda?! Just sad, I feel like you guys should have to be better than this… https://t.co/kYeyH2zXdK

— Zach Ertz (@ZERTZ_86) June 5, 2018

The players will probably talk about this on Wednesday when there’s media availability after OTAs.

So what will the team do today? They’ll have an OTA session.

It’d be better if we talk about things like Mychal Kendricks getting in a hissy fit about reports that he was signing with the Browns, But hey, at least the Eagles won the Super Bowl!

The Roundup:

Back to non-political sports news, specifically Bryan Colangelo. We have a collar-themed game, and the billboards have begun:

We've reached the billboard chapter in the Colangelo Burner Account saga. pic.twitter.com/pxwHbKNPA3

— Kristen Rodgers (@KristenERodgers) June 4, 2018

Also, we got soe new nuggets from Woj. We now know the name of the law firm the team is using in their investigation, and Colangelo and his wife will be interviewed separately, with an end hopefully soon.

Woj on Sportscenter: "Both Colangelo and his wife will be interviewed separately in this probe."

"The Sixers want to get a resolution sooner than later."

— Matt Carey (@RealMattCarey) June 4, 2018

The team did replace Lloyd Pierce with former Pelicans head coach Monty Williams to become their new lead assistant.

Who knows how long the Colangelo saga lasts, but they’ll have to start looking at draft prospects soon.

Finally, the latest 2019 NBA championship odds have the Sixers really high up. Is it because LeBron’s coming to Philly?

With the Phillies on their off day, the team took Wichita State third baseman Alec Bohm with the third overall pick in last night’s MLB Draft.

The team thinks Bohm can get through the farm system quickly:

This season, in 224 at-bats over 57 games, the rangy Bohm hit .339, with 16 home runs and 14 doubles. He’s shown great plate discipline, striking out 28 times while walking 39 times. That’s the type of plate discipline the current Phillies could use, considering that they’re fourth in the majors in strikeouts (552) behind league-leading Texas (603).

“We loved the bat, we loved the offensive capabilities, so we would have taken him [third overall] regardless whether he felt he could stay there [at third base],” Phillies’ director of amateur scouting Johnny Almaraz said. “But we don’t believe that. We believe he can stay there [at third base].”

What set Bohm apart was his performance in the Cape Cod Summer League during the summer between his sophomore and junior years at Wichita State. He was named an all-star for the Falmouth (Mass.) Commodores, finishing second in batting average (.351), third in RBI (28), third in doubles (10) and 10th in home runs (5).

More importantly, he struck out just 21 times over 154 at-bats in 39 games. And that played a big role in the Phillies’ decision to use the third pick on Bohm.

Anthony is back to yell about Jake Arrieta and Bryan Colangelo. Get off his lawn.

Kevin won’t be cheering for Mexico in the upcoming World Cup. I won’t either. Why should you?

In other sports news, the Washington Capitals are one game away from winning their first Stanley Cup after beating Vegas 6-2.

Former 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark passed away at the age of 61 after a battle with ALS.

The Detroit Tigers took Auburn RHP Casey Mize with the number one pick in the MLB Draft.

In the news, a Delaware Burger King closed after video showed rodents all over hamburger buns.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same sex couple to celebrate their wedding.

Robert Mueller accused Paul Manafort of attempting to tamper with witnesses.

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by Gail M. Burns

The minute that Sarah Corey makes her entrance as Neil Simon’s indomitable matriarch, Kate Jerome, Oldcastle Theatre Company‘s production of Brighton Beach Memoirs you know who’s in charge here. This is Corey’s second Oldcastle turn as Kate, having played an older iteration in Broadway Bound in 2017, and for those of us lucky enough to have seen both productions, it is like coming home. Even if your mother wasn’t Kate, Kate is your mother for the two and a half hours you will spend with her.

  Brighton Beach Memoirs is the first in Simon’s trilogy of plays about the Jerome Family. It is September of 1937, and Eugene (D. J. Gleason), our narrator, is 15, while his brother Stanley (Anthony Ingargiola) is 18, just out of high school and into the work force. Their father Jack (Eli Ganias) is a garment cutter for a manufacturer of ladies’ raincoats, who also takes on other odd jobs to support his family in the Great Depression. Their mother Kate is a homemaker, and for the past three years their home has also included Kate’s widowed sister, Blanche Morton (Sophia Garder), and Blanche’s two daughters, Nora (Kate Kenney), 16, and Laurie (Kristen Herink), 13.

  The family owns a three bedroom house in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn. They are Polish and Jewish and they worry daily about family back home as Hitler advances through Europe. Everyone scrimps and save and true poverty is always kept just at bay, but at heart the Jeromes are proud that they can manage on what they do have.

  All of that managing falls on solidly on Kate’s shoulders. In addition to corralling four teenagers, she is the emotional prop for her depressed sister and the physical shield for her over-stressed and ailing husband.

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Corey’s performance is absolutely solid and immediately appealing. She gets this woman, her considerable strengths and her failings. Simon has crafted the character with tremendous love, and Corey channels it beautifully.

  Gleason’s Eugene is bursting with the sexual and physical energy with which a boy of that age is possessed, and his antics provide most of the comic relief in what is otherwise quite a sober family drama. I often have a hard time with adults playing children, and I felt that a bit with Herink’s Laurie, but Gleason had me completely convinced that he was still in high school and torn between his love for baseball and ice cream, and his new found frenzy for the female form.

  Ingargiola brings a warmth and genuineness to the role. His Stanley is a terrific Big Brother and a loving son, even though he is also just barely an adult and subject to the failings of his age. Ganias’ Jack connects well with the rest of his family – even his sister-in-law – providing a strong father figure even as he struggles to stay healthy enough to fulfill his bread-winning role.

  Garder’s face is just a mask of tragedy as the bereaved Blanche, a woman who invested her whole self into her marriage only to be left rudderless at its sudden demise. But like her sister Kate, she is devoted to her children, even though she lacks the strength of her convictions to guide them towards adulthood. I felt Kenney was miscast as Nora. She didn’t look like she could be Garder’s daughter or Herink’s sister, and she looked to mature to pass as 16.

  At a time when we are hearing a lot of rhetoric about who is “an American” with various unflattering stereotypes being pinned to different ethnic groups, it is hard to hear Kate’s disgust and anger at the Irish family who lives across the street and their son who hopes to date her sister. Earlier in the 20th century discrimination was strong against both the Irish and the Italian, and to a lesser extent the German, immigrants to New York City. It is interesting that Kate, who understands so clearly what discrimination has done to her ancestors, cannot understand that she is perpetuating an identical violence against another ethnic group.

  Richard Howe’s manages to pack an awful lot of distinct rooms into the Oldcastle performance space, creating the cheek-by-jowl intimacy that the two families sharing one home must feel. Stith and his actors are careful to use each doorway at the appropriate time for the appropriate purpose, so you soon catch on to the condensed floorplan of the house. Ursula McCarty’s costumes are good, but they veer heavily towards purple, particularly in the second act, which is puzzling.

  Like Tennessee Williams’ A Glass Menagerie, Brighton Beach Memoirs is a memory play, a family seen through the eyes of the son. While it is generally accepted as a semi-autobiographical work, there aren’t actually many direct parallels to Neil Simon’s own family. He said himself that the Jeromes were “the family I wished I’d had instead of the family I did have.” So we can’t look at them as direct representation of the Simons, but it is clear that Simon loved the Jeromes like family. Oldcastle loves them too, and it is wonderful that they have brought them back to Bennington in this strong and proud production,

  Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon, directed by Nathan Stith, runs July 12-28, 2019, at the Oldcastle Theatre Company, 331 Main Street in Bennington, VT. Set design by Richard Howe; lighting design by David V. Groupé; sound design by Cory Wheat; and costume design by Ursula McCarty. Stage Manager Liz Raymond. CAST: Sarah Corey as Kate, D. J. Gleason as Eugene, Anthony J. Ingargiola as Stanley, Eli Ganias as Jack., Sophia Garder as Blanche, Kate Kenney as Nora, and Kristen Herink as Laurie. The show runs two and a half hours with one intermission. For tickets and more information visit http://oldcastletheatre.org/ or call 802-447-0564.

  REVIEW: “Brighton Beach Memoirs” at Oldcastle by Gail M. Burns The minute that Sarah Corey makes her entrance as Neil Simon’s indomitable matriarch, Kate Jerome, …

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